Retrograde Calendar
Station times, degrees, durations, and shadow periods for every retrograde of the year — computed astronomy, not folklore.
No planet ever backs up; the loop is a trick of parallax as Earth laps a slower world or is lapped by a faster one. The tradition reads it accordingly. A changes a planet's gear, not its meaning; matters under its sponsorship come round again for review, revision, repair. The days that carry real weight are the , when a planet stands still to turn. Mark those dates, not the whole stretch.
☿︎Mercury retrograde 2037· four times this year
The classic season of crossed wires; three or four short spells a year. Re-read, re-confirm, back up the files; let the signature wait for the turning day if it can.
Retrograde 15 Dec 2036 – 03 Jan (3 weeks), 11°02' Capricorn back to 24°44' Sagittarius; shadow from 27 Nov 2036 to 23 Jan. Stations at 02:02 and 23:02 UT.
Retrograde 05 Apr – 28 Apr (3 weeks), 0°06' Taurus back to 19°05' Aries; shadow from 22 Mar to 16 May. Stations at 00:05 and 15:56 UT.
Retrograde 08 Aug – 31 Aug (3 weeks), 6°59' Virgo back to 24°06' Leo; shadow from 20 Jul to 14 Sep. Stations at 05:49 and 20:00 UT.
Retrograde 28 Nov – 18 Dec (3 weeks), 25°13' Sagittarius back to 8°56' Sagittarius; shadow from 10 Nov to 06 Jan 2038. Stations at 21:55 and 16:19 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2037· once this year
Retrograde 14 Dec – 24 Jan 2038 (6 weeks), 21°31' Capricorn back to 6°08' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Nov to 25 Feb 2038. Stations at 12:47 and 10:18 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2037· once this year
Retrograde 12 Oct – 23 Dec (10 weeks), 6°15' Gemini back to 20°07' Taurus; shadow from 20 Aug to 19 Feb 2038. Stations at 23:06 and 06:33 UT.
The slow planets
Jupiter outward, a planet spends four to five months of every year retrograde; that is ordinary weather, not an event. The slower the planet, the longer the spell and the less it asks of any single day. Mark the stations; the rest is season.
♃︎Jupiter retrograde 2037· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Oct 2036 – 09 Feb (17 weeks), 26°14' Gemini back to 16°10' Gemini; shadow from 20 Jul 2036 to 06 May. Stations at 01:34 and 07:42 UT.
Retrograde 16 Nov – 15 Mar 2038 (17 weeks), 29°47' Cancer back to 19°43' Cancer; shadow from 21 Aug to 11 Jun 2038. Stations at 02:13 and 17:53 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2037· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Dec 2036 – 27 Apr (19 weeks), 2°53' Virgo back to 25°59' Leo; shadow from 09 Sep 2036 to 01 Aug. Stations at 03:02 and 05:01 UT.
Retrograde 26 Dec – 11 May 2038 (19 weeks), 16°14' Virgo back to 9°23' Virgo; shadow from 22 Sep to 16 Aug 2038. Stations at 11:28 and 06:36 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2037· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Oct 2036 – 23 Mar (21 weeks), 19°36' Cancer back to 15°31' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jul 2036 to 07 Jul. Stations at 03:32 and 08:10 UT.
Retrograde 30 Oct – 28 Mar 2038 (21 weeks), 24°11' Cancer back to 20°04' Cancer; shadow from 15 Jul to 12 Jul 2038. Stations at 01:51 and 04:20 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2037· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Jul 2036 – 03 Jan (23 weeks), 26°52' Aries back to 24°03' Aries; shadow from 07 Apr 2036 to 25 Apr. Stations at 00:06 and 18:16 UT.
Retrograde 01 Aug – 06 Jan 2038 (23 weeks), 29°07' Aries back to 26°18' Aries; shadow from 10 Apr to 27 Apr 2038. Stations at 14:00 and 05:31 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2037· once this year
Retrograde 23 May – 03 Nov (23 weeks), 22°47' Aquarius back to 20°27' Aquarius; shadow from 26 Jan to 26 Feb 2038. Stations at 07:32 and 03:54 UT.
All times Universal Time (UT), from the same engine as the sky. Spells that open or close beyond the calendar year are listed with their own year on the date; the window belongs to both years and appears on both pages. On doctrine: a retrograde conditions a planet's expression; it does not doom it. The working tradition keeps no list of forbidden days, a spell that repeats a is one process rather than three misfortunes, and the shadow is context, not an extension of the sentence. The stations are the moments that matter; what a planet touches while standing still, it means.